? About passive subwoofer. I have a set of Kenwood HTIB speakers. I need a new AV REceiver and have decided on this one. But my subwoofer is passive - not powered. How do I connect it to this receiver. I see it has a pre-out which I honk means it...
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There is no direct way to connect a passive Sub-woofer to this AV Receiver. You have a few choice though (and I don't know the exact details of your Kenwoods as there are few models with HTIB). One: you can use an active cross-over on the speaker lines going to the front channels and then use a low pass option to drive your sub (wire the others directly to front) or two: you can purchase a separate monoblock type amplifier to drive the SubWoofer or three: buy an active (powered) subwoofer. Assuming you don't want to replace the Kenwood with an active device, I suggest option two. See here for low-cost options:
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The receiver has 2 subwoofer outputs. You can use either of them with an RCA cable to plug your subwoofer. I did exactly that with my own. If one day in the future you think you need a second subwoofer, you can use the other Onkyo output to plug it.
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Probably time to upgrade your sub. Most receivers use a lfe port to connect your subthis unit doesn't offer high frequency connections for subs. Only to your speakers.
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That unit is not really designed with a subwoofer output however you could use the Pre out to send the signal to the sub but it will send all the frequencies to it along with sub frequencies. The other way is to use hi level in and out from the raw wire speaker outs. This acts as a pass through and carries the signal through the sub and out onto your speakers.
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Yes, it requires a separate amplifier (not "pre-amp") to power passive speakers. This mixer only outputs pre-amp level signals that need to go to a power amplifier to increase the signal enough to drive unpowered speakers. You need to feed the output of this mixer into an amplifier, whether that amplifier is standalone that in turn drives speakers, or the amplifiers are built into powered speakers.
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The subwoofer itself is passive, but the channel for the subwoofer is amplified from the main unit. Therefore, you will get plenty of sound out of it with this system, but the sub will not work as a stand-alone self-amplified subwoofer.
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Passive. The main bar is powered from the wall then there is a line running from the sound bar to the subwoofer. It only carries low audio frequencies from the bar to the sub (no additional power is drawn from the bar)
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This is not a powered mixer. You could hook up but why? Your receiver can power and adjust your passive speakers. If you want to full effect of this mixer, you need powered speakers.
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You can't connect a receiver to the soundbar, unless the receiver has a line level output. Since this is an active soundbar, it's designed to be used without a receiver.
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Did you ever find an alternative to the BB2001? Funny, I just bought the im600 today, and it still had the slip in it for the BB2001. I would like to buy a subwoofer for it though, so let me know :) That goes for anybody reading this, too!
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Hi J. Johnson, this is a self powered subwoofer and this unit may best be connected on an amplifier or receiver. Soundbar doesn't support on this. - Ella
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This receiver has a subwoofer pre-out. You plug a subwoofer cable to the bottom plug on the pre-out on the receiver.
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Stephen G., I'm interested in connecting 2 receivers and switching between them. I have a modern home theater receiver (Yamaha RX-V477) and a vintage receiver (Realistic STA-76 circa 1975). Each one does some things better than the other and I want to easily switch between them depending on what I want to do (like play vinyl on the vintage) and watch movies on the home theater receiver. If you know of something that can do this, please let me know. Thanks.
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The only way this might work is to run the line to the passive sub into one of the speaker level inputs. Do not run the other speakers through the sub; the bass is already routed to the passive sub in your system.
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You need a powered subwoofer. There is a pre-out (low power signal) on the receiver that connects via an RCA cable to the input of your powered sub. You can confirm this on the images on the Amazon listing.
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I've read up on this subwoofer, and from what I understand (and see by looking at it), there's no passive input. It can only be run by the internal amp.
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Can the Energy Take 5.0 rear speakers be connected wirelessly? If so, what would it take to do this? I have a Sony STR-DH 800 receiver which is S-air ready, and I already have an active subwoofer, so only need 5 speakers. Thanks for you help.